Supernova implosion-explosion in the light of catastrophe theory

Pierre-Henri Chavanis (), Bruno Denet, Martine Le Berre and Yves Pomeau
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Pierre-Henri Chavanis: Laboratoire de Physique Théorique (UMR 5152 du CNRS), Université Paul Sabatier
Bruno Denet: Université Aix-Marseille, IRPHE, UMR 7342 CNRS et Centrale Marseille, Technopole de Château-Gombert
Martine Le Berre: ISMO-CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay
Yves Pomeau: Ladhyx, Ecole polytechnique

The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2019, vol. 92, issue 12, 1-36

Abstract: Abstract The present understanding of supernova explosion of massive stars as a two-step process, with an initial gravitational collapse toward the center of the star followed by an expansion of matter after a bouncing on the core, meets several difficulties. We show that it is not the only possible one: a simple model based on fluid mechanics, catastrophe theory, and stability properties of the equilibrium state shows that one can have also a simultaneous inward/outward motion in the early stage of the instability of the supernova described by a dynamical saddle-center bifurcation. The existence of this simultaneous inward/outward motion is sensitive to the model in such systems with long-range interactions. If a constant temperature is assumed (canonical ensemble), an overall inward motion occurs, but if one imposes with the same equation of state the constraint of energy conservation (microcanonical ensemble) there is an inward velocity field near the center of the star together with an outward velocity field in the rest of the star. We discuss the expansion stage of the remnants away from the collapsed core, and propose a new explanation for the formation of shock waves in the ejecta which differs from the usual Sedov–Taylor self-similar description. Graphical abstract

Keywords: Statistical; and; Nonlinear; Physics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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